Essential Elements of Healthy PLCs

As we approach the end of this book, you’ve now read about what a professional learning community (PLC) is and how PLC work might transpire over the course of a school year. We covered how to get started, determine a direction and plan for your PLC, analyze data, and share your PLC work with others. While each component of PLC work shared in the previous chapters serve as important “benchmarks” for the ways PLC work transpires over the course of a school year, there are several essential elements of PLC work that must be embedded within and across each benchmark discussed in the previous chapters.